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Baryphyllia maxima

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Calamophylliidae

Taxonomy
Orbicella maxima was named by Umbgrove (1925). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Montastrea maxima by Leloux (2002); it was recombined as Baryphyllia maxima by Baron-Szabo (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Orbicella maxima Umbgrove
2002Montastrea maxima Leloux
2002Orbicella maxima Leloux
2008Baryphyllia maxima Baron-Szabo

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
superfamilyAgariciicaeGray 1847
familyCalamophylliidaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusBaryphylliaFromentel 1857
speciesmaxima(Umbgrove 1925)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Baryphyllia maxima Umbgrove 1925
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteg
Grouping: colonialo
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticg
Diet 2: microcarnivoreg
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2009-10-20 13:34:11
Modified: 2009-10-20 15:34:11
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Netherlands Montastrea maxima (138910)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Netherlands (Limburg) Montastrea maxima (85272)